Another step will see TSA update its procedures to remove gender considerations when validating a traveler’s ID at airport security checkpoints. TSA’s PreCheck and Customs and Border Protection’s Trusted Traveler Programs enrollment will also let people choose “X” gender markers.
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What they’re saying: “For far too long, transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming Americans have faced significant barriers to traveling safely and many have not had their gender identity respected as they travel within the United States and around the world,” the White House wrote in its statement.
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